The South Fulton Red Devils will take on the Obion County Rebels at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. South Fulton's defense has only allowed 8.6 points per game this season, so Obion County's offense will have their work cut out for them.
South Fulton easily dispatched Gleason last Friday, but unfortunately both the margin and the ultimate result were a different story in this one. The Red Devils fell just short of Lake County by a score of 22-20 on Friday. The loss was the Red Devils' first of the season.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Obion County). They blew past McNairy Central 50-7 last Friday. The contest was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 28-7.
South Fulton better keep an eye on Stone Ladden. He was instrumental in Obion County's win, rushing for 97 yards and a pair of touchdowns on only 11 carries, while also throwing for 147 yards and three TDs while completing 72.7% of his passes. Those 97 rushing yards gave Ladden a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Tucker Moore, who rushed for 118 yards and a pair of scores.
Wins are hard to come by when you can't run the rock, something Obion County proved: they limited McNairy Central to a paltry 1.4 yards per carry. The team can thank Morgan Carpenter for the heroic effort on defense: he. Obion County didn't have any issues in that department, having averaged 6.4.
Having lost for the first time this season, South Fulton fell to 6-1. As for Obion County, with the win, they broke their three-game losing streak and moved their record to 4-3.
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